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Arborist 96% positive tree has a disease, 97% trees do not have disease. Probability of a false positive?

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Explanation:

the probability that the test result is positive (suggesting the person has the disease), given that the person does not have the disease, is only 2 percent; the probability that the test result is negative (suggesting the person does not have the disease), given that the person has the disease, is only 1 percent.

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